Violence? In Columbia? Drug Lords Adapting to Aggressive Policing?

Shocking news, all of it...AP did a story over the weekend re-capping the effects of arrested kingpin Montoya, and the current situation in the Colombian drug underworld. Worth a read.

The drug trade has become increasingly compartmentalized — the era of vertically run cartels that controlled everything from the coca plant to U.S.-bound planes and speedboats ended a decade ago — and authorities doubt any would-be cartel leader can maintain the 250-strong private army and intelligence network that helped Montoya evade capture for so long.